Talk:Academic dress of the University of St Andrews

Merger
The other old universities have their own pages on academical dress, so I think it would be for the best to keep it separate. There are links in the page so anyone who is interested can easily access the page on academic dress.


 * Keep - there are already several pages on the University of St Andrews, ''see:Governance of St Andrews University and History of St Andrews University, and it would make sense that this is seperate page. Davidkinnen 16:42, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - it's a detailed article that would otherwise clutter the main article. By all means, put an excerpt, and a link to this article, but to merge the entire article would not provide a detailed enough guide. M0RHI 17:39, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow, my photo's on Wikipedia! Hello, Mum :) Lordrosemount 19:03, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Errors in page
Surely some error, there is no hat with a first degree from St. Andrews! The trencher is officially worn with the scarlet gown and the tassel changes according to year. That is why the reference to year can be given. I am almost certain the colour code is blue (bejant), crimsom (semi), gold(tertian) and black (magistrand).

Originally the wearing of the trencher was compulsory for all students, however when women entered the University, the men walked to the end of the pier and threw there's off. I think the women did the same in around 1994 when University Hall of Residence became a mixed Hall. This I think will account for the confusion in the article. The hat tassles are remembered as the colour of the raisin string depends on what year your academic mother is. A tertian can only give a braid with red, yellow and blue in it, while a magistrand for a new child uses all four, but for an academic child in their second year would only use black. There is a good description of a modern Raisin weekend at the following address http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2006/11/20/raisin-monday/

Jengie —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.144.69.127 (talk) 18:35, 9 May 2007 (UTC).